New Website For My Writing

[Imeavie]

In the past there was a wide variety of websites to share writing of any kind. You name your niche, and there was a website.
Now you're hard pressed to find anything half decent.

After being disappointed with modern options for publicly sharing my writing online, I have decided to set up my own personal website.

I am sharing it here to both get views, and receive reviews on the website itself.
Please give me any thoughts or opinions on the website itself, and bring any problems you notice to my attention.

The process of setting up the website, configuring a CDN, a DNS, and responding to security issues, etc. has been a huge learning process. Lacking any real funds, I have not had any automated assistance, only able to spare about $10 monthly total. Which means everything had to be done manually, learning as I went.

Also I already am aware that the posts kind of cram my poetry together in a mashed up sentence. I don't know how to fix that, but when you click the post, it opens up with normal formatting, and no issues.

www.imeavie.me

Thank you in advance for your time.

 

[galaxid]

How'd you build the site I like the aesthetic. I also really like Crystalline Requiem!

 

[whywere]

I absolutely LOVE your poetry.

The insight and the feeling are wonderful!

Keep up the GREAT work!

Walter

 

[The Actual Devil]

I see what you did there.

I'm actually quite glad you made this. And you should be proud of it, too!
When I promised I'd read your writings on your other websites, I meant it. And then I wasted my two free views of the month on misclicks
So, I've had those sites open in tabs waiting for them to refresh, haha. I'll take a look at this new website this weekend. It looks good!

 

[Hymn223]

woah thats really cool, did you code the website yourself? i adore your poetry as well, you're really good at saying a lot with a such a small number of words :)

 

[Imeavie]

woah thats really cool, did you code the website yourself? i adore your poetry as well, you're really good at saying a lot with a such a small number of words :)

Thank you, and everyone else here for the positive feedback on my writing! Ive been nervous about sharing. Even though some of my current work dates back to 2017 (I lost everything prior), I only started sharing with others about 2 years ago.

Unfortunately I do not know how to code.
I used WordPress, and a free theme someone else made. That said the process was still difficult for a first timer, and I had tried some other designs, giving up atter a lot of failed effort.

Anyone can do the same if they do their research, put in some effort, and the more money you have, the easier it gets as services will automate some stuff.

I can't put it in the FAQ for security reasons, but im using Vultr as my host, and Bunny as my CDN.

I also am using cloudflare nameservers, and bought my domain with porkbun.

All of these are great choices, and budget friendly.

Sorry for the essay reply!
However, there are many great options outside of my choices.

 

[Imeavie]

Update: For anyone who is interested in starting their own projects, I will be sharing updates on my learning experience here.

After receiving constant spam comments on my website, I started researching solutions. There are multiple solutions available free, however I had to find the one that suited my small little website best.

I have decided to use cloudflare turnstile as my solution. It is free, lightweight, and as of right now, I have not had any spam. My website now must veirfy you as a human before you can access post comments. Unlike captcha challenges, at most you will have to click a button that says you're human.

 

[Imeavie]

I have tried adding an option to sign up for a weekly news letter of new posts/changes, and positive messages.
However, SMTP with Gmail will always display my actual email when sending news letters. The solution is a proton email, but they have SMTP services behind a paid subscription. This is a huge barrier as I'm disabled without actual income.

I have a friend bringing me a bunch of stuff he has been storing for me since I lost my home. I hope to sell a lot of it, and use some of that money to cover the annual cost of approx. $80. Normally I would drop this service due to cost, but I really want to grow my website. This project has become very special to me, and is helping me stay sane.

I'm happy to answer any questions related to setting up this website for anyone trying to do the same.
Sharing this experience has been therapeutic, making me feel a little less alone.

 

[seabed_adan]

Hello, amazing work! I was wondering if you'd like to exchange websites, because I love to write as well. Your imagery and metaphorical style is so exquisite, I feel very seen with your writing.

 

[Imeavie]

Hello, amazing work! I was wondering if you'd like to exchange websites, because I love to write as well. Your imagery and metaphorical style is so exquisite, I feel very seen with your writing.

Thank you, and im glad you came away with a positive experience.

Honestly I havent gotten much traffic (less than 10 visitors I think) having only shared here so far while I work on it. However, I am always surprised everytime someone enjoys my work. I really appreciate the feedback from everyone.


If by exchange you mean sharing yours, I'd be bappy to check it out.